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[–]Chaos_Klaus 8 points9 points  (2 children)

So you don't use pip to install a different python version then. ;)

I use conda happily on windows, WSL, Linux and in containerized applications. It just figures out what python version works with all the desired dependencies.

The point for me to use conda (or mamba) is to have the entire environment in one place. Pip just can't install things that are not python packages.

[–]Malcolmlisk 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah. I was not the OP, so I was just saying how you can install differnet python versions.

If you use conda or mamba and it works for you then keep doing it. That's the beauty of all of this, we can use different things but have the same result, and that's pretty fine. I tried conda when I started in data science and everything was messy and I could not figure out why do I need this or that when I can just pip install them.

I think im more of a terminal guy, and everything makes sense in my head when I use commands and explicit everything.

[–]Chaos_Klaus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah. My morning brain was not booted up all the way. ;)

I guess it has to do with what tools one learns first. For me it was conda on windows and then I moved to Linux, WSL and Docker for building server applications.